Scooter2000
May 5th, 2003, 05:29 PM
This week’s issue of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY featured a few page article about Bryan Singer and sure enough Battlestar Galactica was mentioned.
“Singer was brought back on board (in reference to signing on to X2) after being promised a 25 million budget increase and a more luxurious schedule.
And then nothing happened, For a year Singer planned on to make Confessions of a Dangerous Mind with Georg Clooney and yadda yadda yadda bla bla bla.
He then planned to executive produce and direct a TV revival of Battlestar Galactica. But by late 2001 Fox has done the near imposible and synchronized the busy schedules of it’s leads: no small feet, considering Hugh Jackman (an obscure Australian actor when he was cast as knifed knuckled Wolverine) had become a legitimate star. McKellen had got an Oscar nod for his role in Lord of the Rings: The fellowship of the Ring, and Hale Berry was about to heave the Oscar Sob Heard Round the World. In other words, this was a rare and narrow window, so Singer turned back his attention to combing through decades of comic book plotliness with Zak Penn (Behind Enemy Lines) and X-Men co screenwriter David Hayter.”
Later on in the article it stated that fight that was reported in the New York Post:
“Singer was incapacitated by some sort of medication, which led to a brouhaha with executive with exec producer DeSanto (whos primary function on X2 was safe-gaurding the comic’s lore) The cast and crew sided with DeSanto and threatened a walk out and Berry instructed Singer to “kiss my black ass.”
Later on in the article both Singer and Berry stated that those reports were greatly exaggerated.
I am a little bit upset that the article did not mention that Singer left BSG because FOX kept throwing him more money to concentrate fully on X2. Also it did not metioned that he wanted to return to BSG after his X2 duties were over.
I was also disappointed that article failed to mention that X2’s script and overall preproduction was in chaos until Tom DeSanto rejoined the X2 production.
Anyway Congradulations to Bryan and Tom:
Dateline: Monday, May 5, 2003
By: PATRICK SAURIOL
By: News Editor
The early results are in and X-MEN 2 took in an estimated $85.9 million dollars during its opening weekend in North America, claiming top spot in the box office running. X2 also earned a very healthy $69.3 M in international markets.
The $85.9 M opening is the fourth largest gross for a movie ever, surpassed only by SPIDER-MAN and the two HARRY POTTER films. Coming in second place was THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE with $17 million followed by IDENTITY with $9.5 M.
MI2 Gimme a break! and Star Trek:Generations hah!
X2 beat out every Star Wars movie-opening weekend that is no small accomplishment.
“Singer was brought back on board (in reference to signing on to X2) after being promised a 25 million budget increase and a more luxurious schedule.
And then nothing happened, For a year Singer planned on to make Confessions of a Dangerous Mind with Georg Clooney and yadda yadda yadda bla bla bla.
He then planned to executive produce and direct a TV revival of Battlestar Galactica. But by late 2001 Fox has done the near imposible and synchronized the busy schedules of it’s leads: no small feet, considering Hugh Jackman (an obscure Australian actor when he was cast as knifed knuckled Wolverine) had become a legitimate star. McKellen had got an Oscar nod for his role in Lord of the Rings: The fellowship of the Ring, and Hale Berry was about to heave the Oscar Sob Heard Round the World. In other words, this was a rare and narrow window, so Singer turned back his attention to combing through decades of comic book plotliness with Zak Penn (Behind Enemy Lines) and X-Men co screenwriter David Hayter.”
Later on in the article it stated that fight that was reported in the New York Post:
“Singer was incapacitated by some sort of medication, which led to a brouhaha with executive with exec producer DeSanto (whos primary function on X2 was safe-gaurding the comic’s lore) The cast and crew sided with DeSanto and threatened a walk out and Berry instructed Singer to “kiss my black ass.”
Later on in the article both Singer and Berry stated that those reports were greatly exaggerated.
I am a little bit upset that the article did not mention that Singer left BSG because FOX kept throwing him more money to concentrate fully on X2. Also it did not metioned that he wanted to return to BSG after his X2 duties were over.
I was also disappointed that article failed to mention that X2’s script and overall preproduction was in chaos until Tom DeSanto rejoined the X2 production.
Anyway Congradulations to Bryan and Tom:
Dateline: Monday, May 5, 2003
By: PATRICK SAURIOL
By: News Editor
The early results are in and X-MEN 2 took in an estimated $85.9 million dollars during its opening weekend in North America, claiming top spot in the box office running. X2 also earned a very healthy $69.3 M in international markets.
The $85.9 M opening is the fourth largest gross for a movie ever, surpassed only by SPIDER-MAN and the two HARRY POTTER films. Coming in second place was THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE with $17 million followed by IDENTITY with $9.5 M.
MI2 Gimme a break! and Star Trek:Generations hah!
X2 beat out every Star Wars movie-opening weekend that is no small accomplishment.